We don’t know whether we should call this creation a Nissan Patrol or a Volkswagen Bus at this point, but it gets very muddy and that’s all that really matters.
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The mad Dutchmen on Mastermilo’s YouTube channel featured Martijn’s lovely creation, which is an ex-police Volkswagen Transporter body dropped on top of the four-wheel-drive undercarriage of a Nissan Patrol. Inside you’ll find the Nissan’s engine up front where the driver would be under what appears to be a tablecloth, and the dashboard from the Patrol behind it. The driver sits mid-ship.
While most Dutch Type 2 vans are restoration candidates, we’re all happy that this wasn’t one of them. I mean, the owner rigged the front to pop off so that a winch can be used. This may be the coolest Type 2 we’ve seen in ages for all the best, most heretical, wonderful reasons.
Just in case there isn’t enough Volkswagen punishment in one video, there’s some bonus hoonage of a slightly higher Volkswagen Golf and a custom trike cutting through the mud.